Description: Recent advances in the production and performance of fibers, yarns, finishes and dyes for textile products. Lab experiences designed to familiarize the students with standards, methods and equipment for evaluating textile product performance.
Prerequisites: TMFD 206.
Description: Physical and chemical analysis of textiles using standard testing procedures. The calculation, interpretation, and evaluation of test results.
Description: Theoretical approach to the history of dress from ancient times through the twentieth century; examining dress in the context of social, economic, and artistic development of Western culture.
Description: Textiles in the context of social, technical, political, aesthetic, and economic developments in the cultures of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between social, technical, and aesthetic qualities of textiles, and their tranformations, as well as stylistic similarities and differences across cultural and historical contexts.
Prerequisites: TMFD 830
Description: Recommended practices for accessioning, handling, storage, exhibition, and preventative conservation of textiles and dress in museum collections. Philosophical and ethical issues confronting curators and collection managers.
Prerequisites: Senior standing; 3 hrs PSYC or SOCI; TMFD 123.
Description: Theories and research findings about the social, cultural, and psychological aspects of clothing and appearance in relation to the self and others. Special emphasis will be placed on relationship(s) between the body, dress, and personal and social identites.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission
Description: Selected problems related to textiles, fashion, and design
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission
Prerequisites: Senior Standing; For Merch and Textile and Apparel Design option: TMFD 312, MRKT 300 & 6 hrs from the the following: ACCT 200, ECON 200, BLAW 300, FINA 300, MGNT 300. For Textile Sci & Textile, Merch & Fashion Design Comm option: TMFD 312 and ECON 200.
Description: Synthesis of process involved in product development from product initiation to the development of market strategies. Career and portfolio development.
Prerequisites: ACCT 200; MRKT 300 and 3 hrs from any of the following: ECON 200, BLAW 300, FINA 300, MNGT 300; TMFD 313 and 314.
Description: Problems involved in consumer decision making, merchandise development and planning, retail strategies, and marketing practices specific to the textile and apparel industry.
This course is a prerequisite for: TMFD 907
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: An examination of the American studio craft movement and the precedents and contexts that gave rise to its coalescence in the post World War II era. Individual makers and their works will be studied in relation to the broader domains of fine art and design, and in light of the discourses that held sway as the movement emerged, including feminism, environmentalism, the civil rights movement, counter-cultural forces, etc. The textile and fiber arts will be a particular focus of this exploration, examined through conceptual and critical lenses.
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: This course will examine issues in aesthetics as related to both historical and nontraditional quilts. Extensive readings in the areas of aesthetics, contemporary art and craft, critical theory and design theory will support analytical and critical writing about selected works from the IQSC collections.
Description: Textiles and dress as an expression of the life, arts and material culture of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Literature and theoretical approaches.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Influence of social, political, artistic and technological developments on quiltmaking traditions.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate only TMFD 212; Jr. standing or above
Description: Small business start-up, launching products within organizations or setting new growth strategies in a short period of time. Emphasis on knowledge of entrepreneurial management and development strategies and growth in team-work settings.
Prerequisites: Senior Standing and TMFD 313
Description: Comprehensive study of issues involved in global sourcing, including the scope, trends, and sustainability of current practices. An analysis of cultural, political, ethical, and economic perspectives related to global sourcing, production, trade and distribution of textiles and apparel products.
Description: Creative experience in designing textiles and apparel as three-dimensional art forms with emphasis on conceptualization, expression, media, techniques, lighting, space, and movement as influential factors combined with exhibition experience. Topics vary.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
Description: Studio experience in working with a variety of media, including digital, to render and produce textiles and/or apparel; and Portfolio development.
Description: Fibers, yarns, fabric construction, and finishes as they affect use and care.
This course is a prerequisite for: TMFD 809
Prerequisites: Admission to the Merchandising Specialization Masters Degree program or permission
Description: Evaluation of psychological, sociological, and cultural theories of consumers' behavior through the examination of factors influencing consumers' decision-making process.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Merchandising Specialization Masters Degree program
Description: Analysis of leadership and how it affects organizational culture and change trhough a prism of past and current experiences. Various leadership styles will be examined and a personal leadership philosophy will be developed for professional advancement in merchandising.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Merchandising Specialization Masters Degree program or permission
Description: Examination of intergrated marketing communications (i.e., promotional strategies and techniques) while fostering cultural and global awareness, social responsibility and ethical descitions-making in the field of promotion.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Merchandising Specialization Masters Degee program. Retail Management course
Description: Theoretical and applied analysis of merchandising strategies; assessment of internal and external environmental forces impacting strategic decisions by retail firms; synthesis of past and present trends in order to forecast probable future patterns.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Merchandising Specialization Masters Degree program or permission
Description: The examination of fiber, textile, and apparel industries in a global context. Specifically, a look at the historical development of the global and U.S. textile and apparel industries and how the global environment (economic, political, and social systems) affects the textile/apparel production and trade.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Merchandising Specialization Masters Degree program
Description: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the scope, trends, practices and issues in international retail and merchandise management. Comprehend the process of global sourcing and supply chain management. The global retail system and the way goods are distributed to consumers in various countries will also be analyzed.
Description: Utilizing quantitative data from the merchandising industry to support managerial decision making: specifically, how to format and analyze typical consumer data. Applying analytical approaches to problem solving using Microsoft Excel including: Formulas, Functions, Solver, and Pivot Tables. Decision making and analytical skills will be improved while providing new perspectives and approaches to apply quantitative techniques and methods to solve real-world business problems. Learning to summarize and present quantitative information designed for industry stakeholders.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Merchandising Specialization Masters Degree program
Description: The advanced study of financial trends in the merchandising industries; implications related to sole proprietors, partnerships, franchises, S corporations, and C coporations. Focus will be on the financial implications of recent advances in the field that assist graduate students as they embark on careers in academia and/or the merchandising industries.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Merchandising Specialization Masters Degree program
This is a capstone course.
Description: Examination of the executive planning process utilized to develop successful corporate strategies; emphasis on the importance of a market orientation for building customer value and sustaining a competitive advantage.
Description: Advanced study of issues and management strategies necessary to design and produce a competitively priced product. Examination of the role of globalization and rapidly changing technology on the development of a successful product.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs textiles, merchandising and fashion design and permission
Description: Significant issues in textiles, clothing, and fashion design.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs textiles, merchandising and fashion design and permission
Description: Significant issues in textiles, clothing, and fashion design.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs textiles, merchandising and fashion design and permission
Description: Significant issues in textiles, clothing, and fashion design.
Prerequisites: 9 hrs textiles, merchandising and fashion design and permission
Description: Significant issues in textiles, clothing, and fashion design.
Prerequisites: TMFD 803 for Graduate Level Course Only.
Description: Advanced work in the creation of apparel as visual communication. Design conceptualization with experimentation in media, structure, technique, and presentation.
Description: Contemporary issues in design with creative and/or curatorial work.
Description: Emergence and synthesis of theory, current theoretical development, conceptual structures, theory construction as a framework for research and evaluation of scholarly publications.
Description: Research methods that addresses practical and theoretical issues involved in designing, conducting, and evaluating research.
Description: Research methods for material culture study applied to textiles and dress. Methodologies for artifact study and skills. Fiber microscopy as a tool for artifact analysis. Conceptual development, application and evaluation of a model for artifact study.
Prerequisites: Junior Standing; 3 hours in any of the following areas: ANTH, SOCI, HIST, AHIS, TMFD or WMNS.
Description: In depth analysis of the relationship between material culture and gender roles, categories, and performances. Engages with theoretical frameworks for material culture and gender, as well as topics such as the body, clothing, the built environment, technology and media.
Prerequisites: Permission.
Presented by department faculty and visiting artists, scholars and scientists.
Description: Opportunity to analyze and evaluate techniques, develop skills, or study topics of special interest.
Description: Workshops on a variety of topics by department faculty and visiting artists, scholars and scientists. Opportunity to analyze and evaluate techniques, develop skills, or study topics of special interest.
Description: Workshops on a variety of topics by department faculty and visiting artists, scholars and scientists. Opportunity to analyze and evaluate techniques, develop skills, or study topics of special interest.
Description: Workshops on a variety of topics by department faculty and visiting artists, scholars and scientists. Opportunity to analyze and evaluate techniques, develop skills, or study topics of special interest.
Description: Aspects of human sciences not covered elsewhere in the curriculum.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission for TMFD 892 only.
Description: The textile and apparel industry. Visits to museums, showrooms, manufacturers, retail establishments in major domestic and/or foreign markets such as: New York City, Paris, London, Milan, Prague, Shanghai, Seoul.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs. TMFD courses.
The credit hours for this course will be determined by the length of the study tour. Tours of 3-4 days will be for 1 credit and 5-8 will be for 2 credits. Students may repeat this course for credit.
Description: The apparel, accessories and soft goods marketplaces and manufacturing throughout the U.S. provide excellent arenas for learning. Short domestic study tours including but not limited to such centers of soft good commerce as Las Vegas, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth and other regional locations.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission for TMFD 896 only.
Description: Individual projects in research, literature review, or creative production.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission for TMFD 896 only.
Description: Individual projects in research, literature review, or creative production.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission for TMFD 896 only.
Description: Individual projects in research, literature review, or creative production.
Prerequisites: 12 hrs TMFD courses and permission for TMFD 896 only.
Description: Individual projects in research, literature review, or creative production.
Prerequisites: Admission to a Master's degree program.
Permission Required
Description: Individualized per Masters Thesis
Prerequisites: Permission of Department Chair
Description: Reading, discussions, and reports dealing with the economic, sociological, historical, technical, and aesthetic phases of textiles and clothing.
Prerequisites: Permission of department chair.
Description: Advanced Problems: Textiles
Prerequisites: Permission of department chair.
Description: Advanced Problems: Fashion
Prerequisites: Permission of department chair.
Description: Advanced Problems: Design
Prerequisites: TMFD 813; 9 hrs of TMFD courses.
Description: Current status of the domestic textile and apparel complex; current theories of textile consumption and demand within the international market; factors influencing textile and apparel production, distribution, and expenditures; the role of international trade and its influence on the domestic textile and apparel industry and foreign policy.
Prerequisites: TMFD 810, or permission
Description: Appearance and space as systems of nonverbal communication with emphasis on their relationship to the development of the self and the micro and macro processes of life.
Prerequisites: TMFD 813 or permission
Description: Common theoretical frameworks found in the textile/apparel/interior merchandising and marketing literature, plus issues which impact the textiles and apparel industry.
Prerequisites: CYAF 918
Description: Supervised classroom experiences designed to develop competencies in teaching at the college level.
Prerequisites: Permission
Prerequisites: Permission
Description: Intended primarily for doctoral students, although non-doctoral graduate students may be admitted with permission. Immersion in outcome-based scholarly activities with a faculty mentor. Develop, execute and report on one or more projects addressing the interaction between research and practice, individually or in small groups.
Prerequisites: Permission
Prerequisites: 9 hrs TMFD courses and permission.
Description: Supervised independent professional experience under direction of a practicing professional within the textile and apparel industry, government agencies, museums and/or businesses.
Prerequisites: Admission to PhD degree program and permission.
Description: Individualized per Doctoral Dissertation.